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in 2010, the federal government gave $300 million to pbs of course is not chicken scratch but $30300 million is about 1/100 of 1% of the total federal budget. one thing is sure, firing big bird sure ain't going to fix the deficit. as you can imagine romney's big bird dis has not gone over well with the residents of "sesame street" including elmo who sat down with this exclusive interview with our own brett ehrlich. shh, brett's talking now. >> listen, i know how you can lose a debate but what i don't know is how you can lose a debate to a guy who during that debate said that he wanted to cancel "sesame street." when i say i'm fond of someone i don't then vow to fire them. i wanted to talk to someone that this statement might hurt the most and for that, we talked to my close personal friend, elmo. elmo, how are you feeling? >> elmo is trying to make this a learning experience. for example p is for positive. very well. >> elmo, that's so -- what do you mean you're not doing well? >> elmo is concerned for everyone on "sesame street." we already live on the street. >> so you really thing
in 2010, the federal government gave $300 million to pbs of course is not chicken scratch but $30300 million is about 1/100 of 1% of the total federal budget. one thing is sure, firing big bird sure ain't going to fix the deficit. as you can imagine romney's big bird dis has not gone over well with the residents of "sesame street" including elmo who sat down with this exclusive interview with our own brett ehrlich. shh, brett's talking now. >> listen, i know how you can lose a...
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she' developed an mtv series and a pbs animated series and an movie coming out about how the muslims are coming and ari is here. writer for the nation institute as well. great guests. now let's tell you what the topics is. we have high-end down he is for mitt romney and barack obama does it make a drinks? the former executive of marriott hotel chain just put out an e-mail telling the people who give to the romney victory fund, if you give above $50,000 you'll be able to attend a fancy--let hey read it to you. these donors will be invited to a special retreat with governor romney, and will have preferred status at the first presidential inaugural retreat. i like how he's planning the retreat already if he wins. if you give above $50,000 you're already part of the go party in california after the election. if your donateing to president obama, if you're in the $120,000 ballpark in terms of how much you give to president obama, 75% of those people got to go to the white house. so is there a link between giving a lot of money to president obama's election and then getting to go to the wh
she' developed an mtv series and a pbs animated series and an movie coming out about how the muslims are coming and ari is here. writer for the nation institute as well. great guests. now let's tell you what the topics is. we have high-end down he is for mitt romney and barack obama does it make a drinks? the former executive of marriott hotel chain just put out an e-mail telling the people who give to the romney victory fund, if you give above $50,000 you'll be able to attend a fancy--let hey...
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one spending reduction he did offer is cutting funding to pbs. but that's only $450 million a year which pales in comparison to other government spending. more bill press is coming up after the break. stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. >> i work with adults with developmental disabilities. growing up i had a single mother of four and people in the community were so helpful when they didn't even have much themselves. seeing people and their hardships made me want to make a difference in people's lives to give them hope. receiving a masters degree would open the doors for me to get into a management position where i would be able to do more for people. >> bill: karl rowe accuses john bryson of drunk driving then has to apologize a couple of hours later when it is learned that secretary bryson suffered a seizure before having that accident out in southern california. karl rove steps in it again. can't believe a word he says. we've been telling you that for a long time. goo
one spending reduction he did offer is cutting funding to pbs. but that's only $450 million a year which pales in comparison to other government spending. more bill press is coming up after the break. stay with us. you're about to watch an ad message created by a current tv viewer for capella university. matter. >> i work with adults with developmental disabilities. growing up i had a single mother of four and people in the community were so helpful when they didn't even have much...
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you know pbs and enjoy pbs, if you have ever had kids or grandkids or whatever age kids you grew up with sesame street. 91% of american families tune into pbs sometime during the year. 91% of american families. mitt romney wants to cut it out? 81% of all kids between the ages of two and eight grow up with sesame street. 81%. that's enormous. there is the nobody better known than cookie monster, elmo, and big bird. ♪ do, do do elmo's song ♪ >> i still have dreams about it. >> bill: and then the amount spent on it it is .00012% of the -- of last year's federal budget. that amounts to $1.35 per american family. i'm sorry, dammit i'll pay for a thousand american families to watch it. it's ridiculous and the idea that you are going to take something that is so popular, that is so damn good that is so meaningful, and cut it out just shows a lot about -- i think how totally -- first of all how mitt romney is willing to pander any time to the right-wing in any way possible. and it shows how totally out of touch he is with the american people. the big bird himself by the way -- i would love y
you know pbs and enjoy pbs, if you have ever had kids or grandkids or whatever age kids you grew up with sesame street. 91% of american families tune into pbs sometime during the year. 91% of american families. mitt romney wants to cut it out? 81% of all kids between the ages of two and eight grow up with sesame street. 81%. that's enormous. there is the nobody better known than cookie monster, elmo, and big bird. ♪ do, do do elmo's song ♪ >> i still have dreams about it. >>...
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i like pbs, i like big bird and you too. that's not precisely what i said but i standing by what i said no matter what i said. they know this is the place i was born and raised. the headline that you said. romney/ryan, romney ryan, that's great. >> scarborough: oh, sweet jesus! >> i'm sorry. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: mica is a better woman that i am. >> nate silver now has obama at 173%. >> stephanie: i'm guessing this a joke. scott brown's pickup truck for sale on craigslist. lol. rarely used green gmc pickup truck used to drive up votes. truck always seems to pull to the right. [ applause ] >> stephanie: say it with me elizabeth warren. >> that scott brown truck is the crawford ranch of the [ inaudible ] . >> john dan on twitter has a question, does this mean bill graham's website can now go back on youtube as a cult. >> exactly. we have had only one catholic. there was the first race everywhere there were no wasps in the top spot either. mormons should be very very proud. >> and the only protestant was presi
i like pbs, i like big bird and you too. that's not precisely what i said but i standing by what i said no matter what i said. they know this is the place i was born and raised. the headline that you said. romney/ryan, romney ryan, that's great. >> scarborough: oh, sweet jesus! >> i'm sorry. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: mica is a better woman that i am. >> nate silver now has obama at 173%. >> stephanie: i'm guessing this a joke. scott brown's pickup...
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fund pbs for 500 years. that's republican priority. now when we come back did president obama take it easy on mitt romney because fox news and conservatives kept calling him an angry black man? really interesting conversation. we'll have that when we return. >> jim, you may want to move on to another topic but i would say this to the american people. >> obama does not have the latitude that white guys who start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] if you didn't notice, this week fox news and a lot of visit websites went crazy over the exclusive video clip they have ofof president obama that they found. except it wasn't exclusive and they ran it back in 2004 when he said it, and they ran it the last campaign, but they are w
fund pbs for 500 years. that's republican priority. now when we come back did president obama take it easy on mitt romney because fox news and conservatives kept calling him an angry black man? really interesting conversation. we'll have that when we return. >> jim, you may want to move on to another topic but i would say this to the american people. >> obama does not have the latitude that white guys who start you morning with a daily dose of politics from a fresh perspective....
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pbs gets $23.2 million from the government. big deal. do you know how much sheldon adelson would get under mitt romney's tax plan? a savings of over $2 billion, 22 million versus $2 billion. that's just one guy. that's the real big bird. now, that's not all. how about bush's tax cuts no romney wants to extend them and add 20% on top. if you just extended the bush tax cuts it would add a trillion dollars to our deficit. why? mcmitt romney is looking out for the rich speaking of which, how about the iraq war? mitt romney was in favor of it, the entire republican party. how much did that cost? is this estimates have it as high as $5 trillion. and you're talking to me about big bird? you're talking to me about big bird? $22 million you want to cut and your dumb ass war cost $5 trillion. your tax cuts for sheldon adelson cost $2 billion. i'm not having the conversation about big bird and cutting down his nest until we talk to the other guys first. on the essence of that, the obama campaign is right. >> when we come back, the republicans are s
pbs gets $23.2 million from the government. big deal. do you know how much sheldon adelson would get under mitt romney's tax plan? a savings of over $2 billion, 22 million versus $2 billion. that's just one guy. that's the real big bird. now, that's not all. how about bush's tax cuts no romney wants to extend them and add 20% on top. if you just extended the bush tax cuts it would add a trillion dollars to our deficit. why? mcmitt romney is looking out for the rich speaking of which, how about...
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to talk about israel's healthcare system is a model for down own pb netanyahu just raised taxes and the mandates, you can look at three or four health choices that you want. >> eliot: you're looking at something fact based in mitt romney's political views. >> i'm not looking for logic. the second this gets logical my job gets harder. >> eliot: my recollection he was an union guy. >> a wee little bit. and you bring mr. management who is always right in there and it's not always the best mix. >> eliot: what do you make of his tax plan? you're for it? you have a permanent job, do you want taxes to go down? >> the first time i made it to that tax bracket was under president clinton. i was honored and i felt honored to be paying that percentage. it doesn't add up. and this is the argument that obama needs to bring to conservatives to bring them over to his side. >> eliot: i hate to be mockish, but you referred to eisenhower rates. when fdr was president, up in the 90s. >> eliot: yes. >> eliot: people forget, the rates being down in the 30s for the rich americans is a modern-- >> derivative.
to talk about israel's healthcare system is a model for down own pb netanyahu just raised taxes and the mandates, you can look at three or four health choices that you want. >> eliot: you're looking at something fact based in mitt romney's political views. >> i'm not looking for logic. the second this gets logical my job gets harder. >> eliot: my recollection he was an union guy. >> a wee little bit. and you bring mr. management who is always right in there and it's not...
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i think in a free society based on democracy and liberty you have this on pbs for two hours every week -- i don't understand -- why do we get to have 7,000 primary debates and only three for president, and more so -- i'm one of those americans who wants to see a debate that allows the major third-party candidates to take part. i want to see them on the same stage. i believe in run off elections. i think that's is good for democracy and that would get way more people engaged in the process. >> eliot: did the lincoln douglas debates work? what i enjoy most is when they are actually engaging with each other. >> john: the courts were there, but the structure was timed in. so they didn't need a moderator. >> jennifer: i think one of the issues is mitt romney saying that he is bipartisan and he can demonstrate a history of bipartisanship in massachusetts. on social media there was some tweeting about this especially from massachusetts legislatures who said he was absolutely not bipartisan, he put a chord across think governor's door and never asked us to cross. >> eliot: romney can point to
i think in a free society based on democracy and liberty you have this on pbs for two hours every week -- i don't understand -- why do we get to have 7,000 primary debates and only three for president, and more so -- i'm one of those americans who wants to see a debate that allows the major third-party candidates to take part. i want to see them on the same stage. i believe in run off elections. i think that's is good for democracy and that would get way more people engaged in the process....
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we are going to talk to jeff green field an anchor on pbs's need to know, a columnist nor yahoo news, won knife emmy awards not a big deal and his new book was 43, when gore beat bush a political fable. that is perfectly relevant to whether people should be motivated to vote. jeff, it's great to have you on. before we start the conversation, i should be clear with the conversation, this note work is co founded by al gore, although again to be perfectly clear, i'm sure he's nothing but uncomfortable with this segment. none the less, jeff, tell me in your estimatation how the country would have been different had al gore won the presidency. >> the first thing i need to explain is how we get there because this is a counter factual history. it's not hanging chads differentlied chads or anything else else. in my book, elian gonzalez's mother doesn't drown. while there are a lot of people who wanted me to do this book, mostly people who wanted gore to win, in my counter factual history, things don't go that well. i interviewed a lot of people for this book, who worked with gore republicans
we are going to talk to jeff green field an anchor on pbs's need to know, a columnist nor yahoo news, won knife emmy awards not a big deal and his new book was 43, when gore beat bush a political fable. that is perfectly relevant to whether people should be motivated to vote. jeff, it's great to have you on. before we start the conversation, i should be clear with the conversation, this note work is co founded by al gore, although again to be perfectly clear, i'm sure he's nothing but...
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pbs documentary based on his new book "half a sky" is critical. and the biggest bank you never heard of but need to know about. it creates jobs by giving loans to businesses. the bank's chairman, fred hochberg, joins us later but first, new york columnist nicholas kristof. >> gavin: you summed up expectations of obama first term. your score card was pretty favorable except for one exception, you rated president obama in communication an "f." what is communicating selling the agenda? selling the success? >> yes and it's kind of astonishing that a president that had such oratorycal skills and such a fantastic writer has such difficulties crafting bumper stickerrers. if you think about the healthcare debate i don't think he came up with a good bumper sticker to sell it with a good message. he still gave some good speeches but there aren't really that many in his first term. it's always said that candidates, when you're running for office you speak in poetry. then you governor in prose. but the--boom's prose while governing has really felt like latin.
pbs documentary based on his new book "half a sky" is critical. and the biggest bank you never heard of but need to know about. it creates jobs by giving loans to businesses. the bank's chairman, fred hochberg, joins us later but first, new york columnist nicholas kristof. >> gavin: you summed up expectations of obama first term. your score card was pretty favorable except for one exception, you rated president obama in communication an "f." what is communicating...
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but pbs is educational. and it seems to me it is obvious that he wants everybody to keep believe lying, and you want a populous that doesn't know how to think for itself, doesn't know how to question anything or know the facts. >> stephanie: yes. >> just got a tweet from someone saying there were no vp debates until -- >> stephanie: that's what i thought. and besides my dad was entirely too busy explaining barry goldwater's position on nuclear weapons. okay. sam in seattle, you are on the "stephanie miller show." hi, sam. >> caller: hi good to talk to everybody. i read something last night about newt gingrich having to debate mitt romney and his big complaint was he got beat because you can't debate somebody who is dishonest. >> stephanie: yeah somebody made that point this week. fundamentally, frankly i was lying when i said that and now i'm telling the truth -- >> stephanie: i love watching his face when people talk about one thing after another that he said about romney and he is just like grinning like a
but pbs is educational. and it seems to me it is obvious that he wants everybody to keep believe lying, and you want a populous that doesn't know how to think for itself, doesn't know how to question anything or know the facts. >> stephanie: yes. >> just got a tweet from someone saying there were no vp debates until -- >> stephanie: that's what i thought. and besides my dad was entirely too busy explaining barry goldwater's position on nuclear weapons. okay. sam in seattle,...
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. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> the ad then praises romney for taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. the president is really hammering romney on this whole big bird comment. >> obama: you didn't know this but for all of you moms and kids out there, you should have confidence that finally somebody is cracking down on big bird. >> although romney arguably performed better during the debate, he is real taking heat for taking on pbs. and plus many moms are saying they are not comfortable voting for romney when he wants to cut their kids' programming. insiders say the rom nis were incredibly frustrated when his campaign manager and then they stepped in to rework his strategy. back with more bill after the break. stay with us. ♪ how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go t
. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> the ad then praises romney for taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. the president is really hammering romney on this whole big bird comment. >> obama: you didn't know this but for all of you moms and kids out there, you should have confidence that finally somebody is cracking down on big bird. >> although romney arguably performed better during the debate, he is real taking heat for taking on pbs. and plus many...
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the other thing i'll tell you is he removed his father from the visitor's list because he did a pbs front line interview the same day that he came in and visited him and said he wasn't going to be a family member who went and splashed all kinds of headlines around about stuff that was going on with him in quantico. >> cenk: that's interesting. part of the problem that he's had of course is that he has had very little contact with the outside world. in fact, didn't you talk about when he was first being detained not here in the u.s., but abroad? kevin? >> i'm sorry i think i've lost you. >> cenk: i said did he talk about his detainment because of how discouraged he was? >> we appear to have technical difficulties. i think i've lost you cenk. >> cenk: he got so discouraged when they first detained him, that he started drawing nooses, because he said i'm in this cage, the best part of his confinement was the mirror, he said because even when they brought him here in won't co, they kept him in solitary confinement in a room without windows for 23 hours a day. when he needed toilet paper, he w
the other thing i'll tell you is he removed his father from the visitor's list because he did a pbs front line interview the same day that he came in and visited him and said he wasn't going to be a family member who went and splashed all kinds of headlines around about stuff that was going on with him in quantico. >> cenk: that's interesting. part of the problem that he's had of course is that he has had very little contact with the outside world. in fact, didn't you talk about when he...
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he was asked about this on a pbs show and he put this in and a context of there being an appearance issue and what he did was down play the role the board plays, i was critical and i said no, it's not an appearance issue because the board does the most important thing imaginable, pick the president of the new york fed, and jamie dimon sits on the committee that sets the salaries and oversees the salaries of fed officials. how are they going to possibly regulate him? does tim geithner appreciate this fundamental tension, and what do you think he'll do about it? >> tim geithner, as you mentioned before, was president of the new york fed. he knows these bankers very well and is good friends with many of them and i'm sure there is a real conflict of interest here. he said it is a perception problem. that is typical treasury department code saying the time has come to fix this. fix this. tim geithner cannot force out jamie dimon. that has to be done within the federal reserve system, but the pressure is on jamie dimon to resign from the board of the new york fed. >> eliot: both of us are confu
he was asked about this on a pbs show and he put this in and a context of there being an appearance issue and what he did was down play the role the board plays, i was critical and i said no, it's not an appearance issue because the board does the most important thing imaginable, pick the president of the new york fed, and jamie dimon sits on the committee that sets the salaries and oversees the salaries of fed officials. how are they going to possibly regulate him? does tim geithner appreciate...
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tim went on pbs and told us he was going to look out for them. >> the president has put in place a series of programs to give more americans a chance to keep their home. and these programs are helping to lower their monthly payments but the housing market is still very hard. >> he is going to help those guys. they did hamp a program that was supposed to give out $4 million. it turns out they only gave out 1. and then the hardest-hit fund. what snapped overall the tarp bailout was $652 billion to the bankers, billion. so what was the initiative for the hardest hit $7.6 billion. it was supposed to go to 480,000 homeowners. what happened? only $217 million was spent, 3 lousy percent, and then only 30,000 homeowners were helped. that's 7% of the home owners that were supposed to be helped. what happened in the end? the same thing that always happens. the guys in the middle get screwed again, and the bankers got helped again. this is not a quincedense. this is the guy you have to change, because coincidently he always winds up giving 3% of 1% to the home earns, and giving everything to the ban
tim went on pbs and told us he was going to look out for them. >> the president has put in place a series of programs to give more americans a chance to keep their home. and these programs are helping to lower their monthly payments but the housing market is still very hard. >> he is going to help those guys. they did hamp a program that was supposed to give out $4 million. it turns out they only gave out 1. and then the hardest-hit fund. what snapped overall the tarp bailout was...
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let's take a quick look at a pbs documentary on the educational system in south korea. >> 25-year-old kim a student at s.d.p. said his hard-charging mother had him even as a young child attending specialized cram schools every day. >> for a 10-year-old boy that was a big deal and that was a big pressure for me. throughout middle school and high school, the burton group in my high school days, i had to go to school like 6:20 and school ended up around midnight. >> now, south korea's obviously a story of success but you know if their educational format is the right fit for the u.s. fortunately, cenk has a great guest on the show today to discuss that a little more. >> cenk: thank you. dr. hanicheck, thank you so much for joining us. >> i'm pleads that you'd have me. >> cenk: no problem with that great honor to have you here. really broad question, obviously south korea's doing something right. is there anything we can say out of the many different factors they are doing differently than us, one or or two that really stand out is that's probably the reason for their success. >> well, i t
let's take a quick look at a pbs documentary on the educational system in south korea. >> 25-year-old kim a student at s.d.p. said his hard-charging mother had him even as a young child attending specialized cram schools every day. >> for a 10-year-old boy that was a big deal and that was a big pressure for me. throughout middle school and high school, the burton group in my high school days, i had to go to school like 6:20 and school ended up around midnight. >> now, south...
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romney not making any friends with pbs, the station is also fighting back on romney's plan to cut its fund-raising. and that romney does not understand the value americans place on public broadcasting, and the return in its investment. the corporation gets about $450 million a year. that might sound like a lot but it is just 1% of the entire federal budget and works out to just about $1.35 per american. as for the winners of the debate, well that goes to republican fund-raising. romney's super pac restore our future is not giving out any specific amounts but they did say the day after the debate is the best day it has had the entire campaign. the national republican senor toal committee send an email praising romney's performance and asking for support. more coming up next. we'll be right back. ♪ viewer for capella university. matter. >> i wouldn't be where i am today if it wasn't for capella university. i go to work every day and know that i make a difference. when patients leave this office they have hope in their eyes. it make me feel like i'm really doing what i was meant to do.
romney not making any friends with pbs, the station is also fighting back on romney's plan to cut its fund-raising. and that romney does not understand the value americans place on public broadcasting, and the return in its investment. the corporation gets about $450 million a year. that might sound like a lot but it is just 1% of the entire federal budget and works out to just about $1.35 per american. as for the winners of the debate, well that goes to republican fund-raising. romney's super...
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who unearthed those mitt romney clips that inspired rick santorum's press release is andrew kazinski pbs's need to know has called him a political wonderkid and a threat. thank you so much for being here inside "the war room." >> it's great to be here. >> you are 22 years old and you are a wonderkind and you are shaping the national debate. that has to be pretty gool. >> yeah it is really cool. i look all over to see where the politicians have evolved into where they are today. if you look at politicians and where they were in 2004 or '94, '98, you see how they got to be where they are today. >> how are you tracking it down? >> a lot of this stuff is on youtube, but a lot of times people don't even realize that old new sites might have a clip of mitt romney archived from a news story they did then. so they are really kind of all over the place. if you really just research and try to find specific things you really can find them all over the place. >> you are sort of like an opposition researcher except your client is the public who reads buzzfeed. >> yeah, i feel like it's an interesting w
who unearthed those mitt romney clips that inspired rick santorum's press release is andrew kazinski pbs's need to know has called him a political wonderkid and a threat. thank you so much for being here inside "the war room." >> it's great to be here. >> you are 22 years old and you are a wonderkind and you are shaping the national debate. that has to be pretty gool. >> yeah it is really cool. i look all over to see where the politicians have evolved into where they...
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. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies no matter where nay nest. >> jennifer: joining me from los angeles is current tv's always outspoking stephanie miller. "talking liberally" can be seen each weekend morning at 9:00 eastern, pacific. and here inside our "war room" is strategist donnie fowler. let me start with donnie. donnie, the big bird thing, with all of its problems why would the obama campaign make an ad about big bird. >> i don't know. it is the hottest thing on facebook right now. >> jennifer: it is funny. >> it is hilarious, but other people are funnier than politicians usually. >> jennifer: like stephanie miller for example. stephanie, what -- you guys -- on your show this morning, maybe a little bit early, because what do you read is the mood among progressives from the ground? >> a lot of times, feel like a hostage negotiator, just stay calm. >> jennifer: it's a therapy session. >> we knew this was going to be a tight race, and that being said, but a lot of them are sort of all over the place, and, you know, the battlegrounds are sti
. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies no matter where nay nest. >> jennifer: joining me from los angeles is current tv's always outspoking stephanie miller. "talking liberally" can be seen each weekend morning at 9:00 eastern, pacific. and here inside our "war room" is strategist donnie fowler. let me start with donnie. donnie, the big bird thing, with all of its problems why would the obama campaign make an ad...
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asked last night on pbs whether he agreed with elizabether with republican's assertion that jamie dimon should resign from the board of the new york federal reserve bank geithner's first instinct was to take a lap at warren. geithner tried to dismiss the issue as one of perception. >> the american people need to understand that the fed was set up that way. those banks and the members of the board play no role in supervision. they have no role in the writing of the rules and they play no roles in the way the fed reacts to financial crisis. the role is to provide perspective in the economy as a whole. i agree with you the perception is a problem and it's worth trying to figure out how to fix that. >> eliot: this is not just an issue of perception. what geithner doesn't tell you is that the board does the single most important thing any board does. it chooses the president of the fed. the person who does make all the decisions, writes all the rules and makes all the calls in the midst of a crisis. geithner knows this i assume he knows this. i assume he remembers who chose him to be preside
asked last night on pbs whether he agreed with elizabether with republican's assertion that jamie dimon should resign from the board of the new york federal reserve bank geithner's first instinct was to take a lap at warren. geithner tried to dismiss the issue as one of perception. >> the american people need to understand that the fed was set up that way. those banks and the members of the board play no role in supervision. they have no role in the writing of the rules and they play no...
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. >> that's former president clinton on pbs today offering some unsolicited political advice on president obama on how to best beat mitt romney. by all accounts, once a cool relationship between clinton and obama thawed they appeared at a fundraiser tonight. but he occasionally goes off message. today, for instance, he contradicted president obama saying congress should extend all of the tax cuts set to expire at the ends of the year. not quite what the obama team had in mind. some caused angst for president obama reelection term. here to cuss the obama-clinton dynamic, donnie fowler and cas andra pi. cas andra, do you think bill clinton is an asset or a liability when that kind of thing happens? >> generally speaking, i think he is an asset looking a little more statesman-like these day. trying to be a team player. >> they are together? >> yeah. bill clinton is supporting barack obama for president. he is not supporting mitt romney. they agree on 90% of the issues. didn't mitt romney say that about him and donald trump? they agree on 90% of the issues? >> yes. >> 10%. >> mitt romney said
. >> that's former president clinton on pbs today offering some unsolicited political advice on president obama on how to best beat mitt romney. by all accounts, once a cool relationship between clinton and obama thawed they appeared at a fundraiser tonight. but he occasionally goes off message. today, for instance, he contradicted president obama saying congress should extend all of the tax cuts set to expire at the ends of the year. not quite what the obama team had in mind. some caused...
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. >> romney: i'll cut programs like pbs, i'll make government more efficient and cut back the number of employees, combine agencies and departments. this is the approach we have to take to get america to an balanced budget. the president said he would cut the deficit in half. unfortunately he doubled it. trillion dollars deficits for the last four years. the president has put it in place as much public debt -- almost as much debt held by the public as all prior presidents combined. >> mr. president? >> obama: when i walked into the oaf value office i had a deficit facing me with two wars that were not paid for, tax cuts that were not paid for, a whole bunch of programs that were not paid for, and a massive economic crisis. yes, we had to taken initial emergency measures. but what we have all said is let's make sure we are cutting out those things that are not helping us grow. to 77 government programs everything from aircrafts that the air force had ordered but won't working very well, 18 government programs for education that were well intentioned but weren't helping kids learn. we
. >> romney: i'll cut programs like pbs, i'll make government more efficient and cut back the number of employees, combine agencies and departments. this is the approach we have to take to get america to an balanced budget. the president said he would cut the deficit in half. unfortunately he doubled it. trillion dollars deficits for the last four years. the president has put it in place as much public debt -- almost as much debt held by the public as all prior presidents combined....
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want to talk about smaller government but they want to tell me what to do with my body and two with pbs. they talk about getting rid of big bird and all of those people. it is more important that people behind the camera are losing their jobs. and it will be a lot harder to find jobs because they're so specified. it adds to the unemployment rate. >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: plus all of the other problems with getting rid of pbs. >> stephanie: exactly. i read this to jacki. my new favorite bumper sticker. there's one thing women's bodies can shut down. it's called the republican party. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] vote this november as if your women's rights depended on it because they do. >> also getting rid of pbs would be getting rid of a free service for very, very low income people that can't afford cable channels and who aren't voting for romney anyway. >> stephanie: romney is not concerned about the very poor. tammy in austin, you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi tammy. >> caller: hey steph. i'm totally jacked up for the debate tomorrow night. i want to see president obama pivot to t
want to talk about smaller government but they want to tell me what to do with my body and two with pbs. they talk about getting rid of big bird and all of those people. it is more important that people behind the camera are losing their jobs. and it will be a lot harder to find jobs because they're so specified. it adds to the unemployment rate. >> stephanie: yep. >> caller: plus all of the other problems with getting rid of pbs. >> stephanie: exactly. i read this to jacki....
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he hosts his own show on pbs. he's a long-time advocate for the country's most vulnerable and tomorrow, he along with theological professor cornell west, kick off their poverty 2.0 tour. the tour coincides with new numbers to be released tomorrow by the u.s. census bureau. those numbers expect to show that america's poverty rate is the worst in half a century. tavis is coming to us tonight from broadview heights ohio. welcome inside "the war room." >> governor granholm, good to be on your program and congratulations on a powerful speech at the democratic convention. i know that our mutual friend was smiling ear to ear at that brilliant presentation of yours. >> jennifer: the judge. i clerked for judge keith. he's like family to me. tavis, too and to a lot of us. it is nice of you to say. so tavis i just was talking about what needs to happen in our nation to create jobs. what do you think -- why is america's poverty rate at record level? >> in short the poor continue to be rendered invisible in this country primar
he hosts his own show on pbs. he's a long-time advocate for the country's most vulnerable and tomorrow, he along with theological professor cornell west, kick off their poverty 2.0 tour. the tour coincides with new numbers to be released tomorrow by the u.s. census bureau. those numbers expect to show that america's poverty rate is the worst in half a century. tavis is coming to us tonight from broadview heights ohio. welcome inside "the war room." >> governor granholm, good to...
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it will air on pbs next week. recent twain winners include will ferrell, tina fey and bill cosby. she's in good company. >> bill: i love ellen degeneres. she's great. well deserved. >> apple is widely expected to unveil a new mini ipad today. the company has invited members of the media to an event to introduce a smaller cheaper version of the tablet. the current has a ten inch screen. new ipad expected to have something of a 7 inch screen, the size of the competing amazon kindle. >> bill: i don't get it. why? i think the ipad is such a great -- >> they want to get -- >> bill: a great piece of technology. >> they want to reach out to a different market. >> it is not going to be that much cheaper by the way. it is not going to be that much cheaper. the iphone is getting bigger. the ipad is getting smaller and at some point they're on a collision course. >> giants are headed back to the world series. giants rocked the defending champion st. louis cardinals 9-0. miller with the call. >> delivers. slider. popped up. scoot row at second. the giants win the pennant! >> marcos was named
it will air on pbs next week. recent twain winners include will ferrell, tina fey and bill cosby. she's in good company. >> bill: i love ellen degeneres. she's great. well deserved. >> apple is widely expected to unveil a new mini ipad today. the company has invited members of the media to an event to introduce a smaller cheaper version of the tablet. the current has a ten inch screen. new ipad expected to have something of a 7 inch screen, the size of the competing amazon kindle....
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pbs released documents that bolstered accusations of business ties between adelson and shops. here is the rest of the fun fact. because nevada gambling authorities forbid doing business with organized crime sands gambling license could hang in the balance. >> really? there goes the venetian. >> stephanie: adelson helped derail house republican measure opposing beijing's olympic bid due to human rights issues but it will never see the light of day. reportedly told beijing's mayor after phoning then majority whip tom delay sands received the lucrative casino license from china. this is what citizens united -- whatever sheldon adelson's business interests are -- >> i think sheldon may have to open a casino in tel aviv. >> here is the other issue too. we're assuming sheldon adelson is writing checks based on his own worth and not just gathering foreign money and being the conduit. because that's the other problem with citizens united that i don't understand why. >> stephanie: even john mccain said this is exactly -- this is how foreign money is in a back doorway coming into americ
pbs released documents that bolstered accusations of business ties between adelson and shops. here is the rest of the fun fact. because nevada gambling authorities forbid doing business with organized crime sands gambling license could hang in the balance. >> really? there goes the venetian. >> stephanie: adelson helped derail house republican measure opposing beijing's olympic bid due to human rights issues but it will never see the light of day. reportedly told beijing's mayor...
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>> a big change on sesame street as the show debuts its 34rd -- 43rd season on pbs. elmo's world is gone, now being called elmo the musical the familiar red character will incorporate much more music into his skits as he introduced more concepts around science technology engineering and math. the new elmo skits will be slightly longer going about 11 minutes and geared toward older preschool age children whereas before, they were just targeting kids up to 2 years old. they're talking about engineering and math. >> bill: i don't know, man. if it ain't broke, don't fix it. you know what? you start messing with elmo, my grandchildren are going to be really pissed. yeah, they are. leave elmo the way elmo is. >> save elmo. >> bill: let elmo be elmo. all right. hey, what do you say? want to start out today talking about where we are in this presidential election and i'm getting worried. i'm really, really getting worried. here's what i'm worried about. and you tell me if you're worried about the same thing. i'm not so much worried that president obama is going to win. i'm w
>> a big change on sesame street as the show debuts its 34rd -- 43rd season on pbs. elmo's world is gone, now being called elmo the musical the familiar red character will incorporate much more music into his skits as he introduced more concepts around science technology engineering and math. the new elmo skits will be slightly longer going about 11 minutes and geared toward older preschool age children whereas before, they were just targeting kids up to 2 years old. they're talking about...
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. >> pbs featuring a capital 4th from the west lawn of the capital. >> i looked at the line-up for this capital 4th. i recognize one performer. >> "dancing with the stars" host tom bergeron is hosting the show this year where performers include the national symphony orangest ra -- orchestra "american idol" winner and matthew broderick. country singer josh turner, amber riley from glee, kool & the gang and anton ohno. >> i don't know matthew broderick. >> i said i do know matthew broderick. >> bill: i've seen that show. it is a fabulous evening just to be on the front of the capitol there. i went with lynn woolsey one year. member of congress from sonoma. we got up on stage dancing. it was wild. >> wow really? >> bill: yeah. they were watching the show on television. there's bill on stage! she knew i was there with lynn woolsey so she didn't suspect anything. but it was just a fun evening. people picnic on the lawn. and then you're right there. you have the best view of the 4th. the fireworks on the mall. it is really great. thank you, dan. hey, how about it. you know, it is not too earl
. >> pbs featuring a capital 4th from the west lawn of the capital. >> i looked at the line-up for this capital 4th. i recognize one performer. >> "dancing with the stars" host tom bergeron is hosting the show this year where performers include the national symphony orangest ra -- orchestra "american idol" winner and matthew broderick. country singer josh turner, amber riley from glee, kool & the gang and anton ohno. >> i don't know matthew...
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the supreme court should be on pbs. public school classes should be available on the internet and i do think executions should be carried live on tv because americans deserve to see what they're paying for. especially all of you good catholics out there. and yeah, the first presidential campaign with no wasps on the ticket. you've got a mormon, two catholics and then the president. how appalling for our protestant americans to realize if they don't like barack obama, he's the only guy on their team. it is going to be really interesting on a expertual level. you know what else is profoundly interesting on a spiritual level? dan henning and the "full court press." >> this is the "full court press." >> don't get used to this, dan! you don't usually get that. >> i'm going to enjoy the next two days. taylor swift is not getting off to a good start with her new boyfriend's family, the kennedys. the country star has been dating connor kennedy the grandnephew of the late ted and john f. kennedy and son of robert f. kennedy juni
the supreme court should be on pbs. public school classes should be available on the internet and i do think executions should be carried live on tv because americans deserve to see what they're paying for. especially all of you good catholics out there. and yeah, the first presidential campaign with no wasps on the ticket. you've got a mormon, two catholics and then the president. how appalling for our protestant americans to realize if they don't like barack obama, he's the only guy on their...
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this reminds me of people who followed the 2000 campaign, famously awful mark shields appearance on pbs where he was talking about george bush looked presidential because he campaigned in a tie. and all of his supporters are like are you kidding me? this is the bar we're going to use? sure enough. romney's out there in a tie. >> stephanie: the uncensored chris matthews moment when bush landed on the aircraft carrier. he served. he didn't but he looks like he did. >> nothing like style over substance. he's wearing a tie. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: jim pinkerton, fox news watch. >> the media's focus on the economy led "the washington post" to do a huge, giant article on mitt romney alleged bullying in 1965. while ignoring barack obama's -- that he heard about himself in the '70s and '80s. >> stephanie: maybe that will be the thing that -- he admitted himself to smoking pot back when he was however old in his book. >> we saw this -- few months ago. the republicans -- thought the key to their success was to rerun the 2008 campaign to do everything they did in 2008 which was claim he was --
this reminds me of people who followed the 2000 campaign, famously awful mark shields appearance on pbs where he was talking about george bush looked presidential because he campaigned in a tie. and all of his supporters are like are you kidding me? this is the bar we're going to use? sure enough. romney's out there in a tie. >> stephanie: the uncensored chris matthews moment when bush landed on the aircraft carrier. he served. he didn't but he looks like he did. >> nothing like...
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sesame street picked up 16 nominations, part of 51 total for pbs. best talk show ellen the view, regis and kelly and the talk and also anderson cooper getting a nomination. rachael ray and dr. oz. in the morning news race, today "good morning america." game show nominees went to wheel of fortune jeopardy, cash cab and let's make a deal. the daytime emmys being handed out june 23rd. >> that's like a time capsule of tv. all of those shows, i recognize all of them from when i was a kid. >> been around. >> bill: general hospital, when i was a kid. >> wheel of fortune is still up for awards? what century are we in? >> are you ready for mother's day? it is this weekend. you should be prepared to pay up. according to the national retail federation with the improving economy, spending on mother's day will be up. average consumer will drop over $150 on mom. the majority will be buying flowers ahead of clothing or electronics and more than half of us will take mom out to dinner or brunch. >> that special lady in your life, get her a nice box of cigars. she'll
sesame street picked up 16 nominations, part of 51 total for pbs. best talk show ellen the view, regis and kelly and the talk and also anderson cooper getting a nomination. rachael ray and dr. oz. in the morning news race, today "good morning america." game show nominees went to wheel of fortune jeopardy, cash cab and let's make a deal. the daytime emmys being handed out june 23rd. >> that's like a time capsule of tv. all of those shows, i recognize all of them from when i was a...
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the pbs show also announced plenty of other stars will appear this upcoming season including halle berry melissa mccarthy, don cheadle steve carell david hyde pierce and david stonestreet among others. >> bill: that will be fun. career. she's had a good one. >> nice to get invited on that show. >> you know you've made it when you get invited to be on sesame street. it is not a performing enhancement drug but marijuana will get you kicked out of the olympics. that's what american judo fighter found out yesterday. he says he ate brownies in the u.s. before leaving for the olympics not knowing that they were, in fact, pot brownies. he says he was embarrassed by the mistake apologizing yesterday. he's the first athlete to get kicked out for a positive drug test during instead of ahead of the competition. >> bill: what state is he from? do we know? >> i'm not sure. in some states california, you have a brownie. it has pot in it. >> it was a medical brownie you see? >> despite criticism about olympic coverage, nbc would not change a thing. advertising age reports they've gotten the most viewer
the pbs show also announced plenty of other stars will appear this upcoming season including halle berry melissa mccarthy, don cheadle steve carell david hyde pierce and david stonestreet among others. >> bill: that will be fun. career. she's had a good one. >> nice to get invited on that show. >> you know you've made it when you get invited to be on sesame street. it is not a performing enhancement drug but marijuana will get you kicked out of the olympics. that's what...
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moderator jim lehrer of pbs has released a list of topics for the october 3rd debate at the university of denver. he says three of the six segments will be devoted to issues on the economy. the others will focus on healthcare and the role of government. and facebook is teaming up with google, amazon and yahoo to launch a new lobbying arm aimed at stopping the government from placing new rules on the internet. capitol hill veteran michael beckerman is leading the internet association and plans on tackling issues like piracy, copyright, privacy and security. more bill press is coming up after the break. we're in chat, current.com/billpress. there's joy and now there's joy >>i feel like i don't even know you. >>just stay on your side of the screen, okay? >>brought to you by geico. 15 minutes could save 15% or more on car insurance. visit geico.com for a free rate quote. >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. they're doing this this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>that's an understatement, eliot. >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio an
moderator jim lehrer of pbs has released a list of topics for the october 3rd debate at the university of denver. he says three of the six segments will be devoted to issues on the economy. the others will focus on healthcare and the role of government. and facebook is teaming up with google, amazon and yahoo to launch a new lobbying arm aimed at stopping the government from placing new rules on the internet. capitol hill veteran michael beckerman is leading the internet association and plans...
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. >> i'm sorry i'll stop the subsidy to pbs. i love big bird. >> he has been rehearsing for this since last june. >> i have no idea what you're talking about. i may need to get a new accountant. >> some fundamental dishonesty that we saw last night. >> we need more firement, more teachers, it's time to cut back on government. >> the reject the idea that i don't like teachers. >> romney had a momentum. >> i have to respond. >> i said i'm not a perfect man and i wouldn't be a perfect president, and that's probably a promise that governor romney thinks i kept. >> cenk: it's time to keep it real on "the young turks," that's what we do. you can tell from the banners behind me, it did not go well. the president was banged around. it was viewed by more people since 1980. look at that. according to a cnn poll 67-25 a walloping who saw that coming other than governor granholm. not a lot of people. man, it wasn't pretty. today, president obama is probably having this moment, and i'm sure you know, it's called. [ speaking french ] i'm sure
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it will be pbs's jim lehrer taking on the first one october 3rd in denver. we'll get candy crowley for the second one. bob schieffer from cbs for the third and martha will do the v.p. debate on october 11th. stay with us. we're back with more steph after the break. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey, all right now ♪ ♪ and it's time to feel good ♪ >> stephanie: this is "the stephanie miller show." welcome to it. 6 minutes after the hour. 1-800-steph-12 the phone number. stephaniemiller.com. you can e-mail us all there. jim ward or me stephanie miller. [ ♪ "jeopardy" theme ♪ ] who said of paul ryan, he's an egghead who's never had a tough election with a number one already having problems connecting with voters the last thing we should pick a number two who is likely to have the
it will be pbs's jim lehrer taking on the first one october 3rd in denver. we'll get candy crowley for the second one. bob schieffer from cbs for the third and martha will do the v.p. debate on october 11th. stay with us. we're back with more steph after the break. i think the mob learned from wall st., not vice versa. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show."...
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cut pbs you have got a bunch of [ censor bleep ]ed muppets. good morning congresswoman. what was your impression of last night? >> i thought governor romney came across as very aggressive but he was really saying the same thing that he has been saying all along. i'm not going to put everything on the table and have a comprehensive solution to our economic problems because heaven forbid we would raise taxes on people making over $250,000. >> stephanie: right. >> he said he would repeal obamacare, and this is what i have been hearing in congress too, repeal and replace, but they forget the details of the replace. >> stephanie: exactly. >> we're not going to cut defense spending but don't you worry, we're going to balance the budget. i think the president was trying to explain why we have worked hard to stabilize the economy and now what he is going to try to do for the middle class in the next four years. so pundits are saying maybe he should have challenged governor romney more or whatever i -- i think that -- that he was trying to lay out his own plan is what i think hap
cut pbs you have got a bunch of [ censor bleep ]ed muppets. good morning congresswoman. what was your impression of last night? >> i thought governor romney came across as very aggressive but he was really saying the same thing that he has been saying all along. i'm not going to put everything on the table and have a comprehensive solution to our economic problems because heaven forbid we would raise taxes on people making over $250,000. >> stephanie: right. >> he said he...